Legal Requirements

Certified B Corporations are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on all their stakeholders. B Corps make this legal change by updating their articles of incorporation, reincorporating as benefit companies, or making other structural changes. The B Corp legal framework helps companies protect mission through capital raises and leadership changes and gives entrepreneurs and directors more flexibility when evaluating potential sale and liquidity options.

To understand how your company could meet the legal requirement for B Corp Certification, use the dropdown menus below to tell us a little bit about your company structure and location. This same information will determine which B Corp Agreement your company would sign to complete Certification.